Current Topics in Museum Studies:
Issues in Native American Representation

A460, Section 12564, Fall 2004

Larry J. Zimmerman
IUPUI Department of Anthropology & Museum Studies

American Indians are among the most stereotyped people on the face of the planet. This class examines a wide range of issues surrounding the way Native Americans are represented, both good and bad, in everything from classroom textbooks to tourist "junk."

Class Syllabus

Any changes will be announced here and on the OnCourse web site.

Additional Class Materials

Here you'll find video discussion guides for class videos, links to maps and documents with Native American Materials.

Evaluating Web Sites with Native American Content

Is the Web site you are looking at useful? More important, is it accurate? The Web is full of good and bad material, and though it's not foolproof, here is a guide to evaluating them. You'll also find links to some quality Web indexes on American Indians.

Links To Useful Web Sites

Here are some Web sites with a wide range of American Indian Materials relating to issues of representations, stereotypes, and images. Feel free to suggest links. Content will change as new links are added. Categories may emerge as more links get added.

Class Activities (not yet available)

American Indian Humor

This will be useful for one of your activities, but is also a lot of fun on its own.

Disclaimer: The materials presented here are intended only for the use of students in this class. Please do not link to this page or any other associated with it as part of the class. You have permission to use original materials by attributing them to the instructor. However, most images are not original materials and are used under fair use principles of copyright law. Please do not ask me for permission to use the images. If you are the copyright holder of any of these images and object to usage here, just let me know, and they will be taken off the site at the first possible opportunity. E-mail: Larry Zimmerman